"I actually was, yeah! Which I didn't know when it was going on!" Alyssa confirmed to Wendy Williams when asked if Ariel's looks were modeled after her. "I didn't know that when it was going on. But they asked me to host The Making of The Little Mermaid, and it came out there that the drawing and likeness of the little mermaid was based on pictures of me from when I was younger."